Biography

Contemporary painting artist. Born in 1987 in Japan. Based and woking in Amsterdam and Cologne. BA at Nagoya City University in Japan in 2011. Completed Diploma (MA) at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art Halle in Germany in 2019.

Research Thema : "Representation of inner reality - Dealing with subjective perception by means of a multidimensional perspective system-" - Master thesis at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle, Germany.

CV

EDUCATION

2007

Apprenticeship and Internship Program, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

Guest Student, Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, U.S.A.

2011

BFA, Graphic and Printing, Nagoya City University

2019

Diploma (MFA), Painting, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art Halle, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Es weilt im Inneren, aaploit, Tokyo

2024

Deconstruction of Painting, Ken Fine Art, Japan

Es weilt im Inneren, Mie Prefectural Art Museum Gallery, Japan

2023

Es weilt im Inneren, Marugame Marutasu, Kagawa

Es weilt im Inneren, Eko-Haus, Düsseldorf, Germany

2021

Es weilt im Inneren, PartoutKunstkabinett, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

2019

Es weilt im Inneren, Volks Park Gallery, Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule, Halle, Germany

2012

Raining, Das japanische Haus, Leipzig, Germany

2011

What is you see, Mie

What is you see, Nagoya

2008

Dive into him, Mie

2007

Dear little lover, Nagoya

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2025

Blue Period, node hotel, Kyoto

SICF (Spiral International Creator's Festival), Spiral, Tokyo

Winterausstellung, Partout Kunstkabinett, Germany

Art Living Osaka, arflex Osaka, Osaka

2024

Kunst zum Jahreswechsel, Partout Kunstkabinett, Germany

Kameyama Triennale, Mie

Mie Prefecture Exhibition, Mie

2023

Watowa Art Award, Watowa Gallery, Tokyo

Reading Nature, Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg, Germany

Chapter 3, Ken Fine Art, Osaka

Chapter 1, Ken Fine Art, Osaka

2022

Art Connect, Spiral Garden, Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation, Tokyo

2019

durchdacht & intuitiv, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Von Zeit zu Zeit, Galerie 21.06, Ravensburg, Germany

2018

Group Exhibition, im Denkraum, Siegburg, Germany

Goldene Zeiten, im Denkraum with Galerie Luzia Sassen, Siegburg, Germany

Förderpreis der Bodenseekreis Galerie 2018, Bodenseekreis Galerie, Meersburg, Germany

World Wide Art Show, New York

Blackbox, Galerie Luzia Sassen, Cologne, Germany

Im Wald, Atelier Alen, Munich, Germany

2017

Winter Salon for Modern Art, Cologne, Germany

MK Steintor, Halle, Germany

Art X'mas Market, Atelier Alen, Munich, Germany

AAA – Atelier Alen's Annual Exhibition, Atelier Alen, Munich, Germany

2016

Christmas Gallery Art, Flyer Art Gallery, Rome, Italy

Pittorico, Merlino Bottega d'Arte, Florence, Italy

Strictness and Grace, Merlino Bottega d'Arte, Florence, Italy

Spazio Aperto, Merlino Bottega d'Arte, Florence, Italy

Arte & Collezionismo 2016, Galleria d'Arte Mentana, Florence, Italy

In Balance, Flow Fine Art Gallery, Leverkusen, Germany

Den Schatten verlassen, Galerie Luzia Sassen, Cologne, Germany

Farben in großen Formaten, Magdeburg, Germany

2015

Projections, Art van Demon in Delphi Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Artlokal Windeck, Galerie Luzia Sassen Windeck, Bonn, Germany

Linien Walten, Salus Institute, Magdeburg, Germany

Kontraste, Galerie Luzia Sassen Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Alle, Galerie Luzia Sassen, Cologne, Germany

Illusion in Art, Fellini Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2014

Heise Kunstpreis, Dessau, Germany

Gedanken sind frei, Salus Institute, Magdeburg, Germany

Die Couch, Gallery Nord, Halle, Germany

2012

Kirakira Japan Edge3, Paris, France

2011

Nagoya City University Graduate Exhibition, Nagoya

What I am now +, Nagoya

2010

100 People's Postcard Exhibition, Nagoya

ART FAIRS

2024

Contemporary Art Ruhr, with Partout Kunstkabinett, Essen, Germany

2023

Contemporary Art Ruhr, with Partout Kunstkabinett, Essen, Germany

2019

Art Karlsruhe 2019, with Galerie Luzia Sassen, Karlsruhe, Germany

2018

Art Karlsruhe 2018, with Galerie Luzia Sassen, Karlsruhe, Germany

Artmuc May 2018, Munich, Germany

Artmuc Nov. 2018, Munich, Germany

Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, with Galerie Luzia Sassen, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Contemporary Art Ruhr, with Partout Kunstkabinett, Essen, Germany

London Art Fair, London, UK

2017

Kölner Liste, Cologne, Germany

Artmuc May 2017, Munich, Germany

Artmuc Oct. 2017, Munich, Germany

Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Kunstmesse Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Contemporary Art Ruhr, with Partout Kunstkabinett, Essen, Germany

Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany

2016

Art pu:l, Pulheim, Germany

Art Affordable Brüssel, with Galerie Luzia Sassen, Brussels, Belgium

Art Karlsruhe 2016, with Galerie Luzia Sassen, Karlsruhe, Germany

Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

2015

Artmuc, Munich, Germany

2014

Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Art pu:l, Pulheim, Germany

AWARDS & GRANTS

2026

Project Grant, Okada Cultural Foundation, Mie

Project Grant, Nomura Foundation, Tokyo

2025

Finalist, miratap Art Award / Art in the House 2025, Grand Front, Osaka

Longlisted, Aesthetica Art Prize 2025, York, UK

2024

Excellence Award (2nd place), Mie Prefecture Culture Center, Mie

Project Grant, Okada Cultural Foundation, Mie

2023

Nominated, Watowa Art Award, Watowa Gallery, Tokyo

2021

Grant "Neu Start Kultur", Stiftung Kunstfonds (with Partout Kunstkabinett), Bonn, Germany

2018

Grant, Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation

Nominated, Förderpreis der Bodenseekreis Galerie 2018, Bodenseekreis Galerie, Meersburg, Germany

2016

Project Grant, Freundes- und Förderkreis der Burg Giebichenstein University of Art Halle, Halle, Germany

1st Prize, Painting Department, Kunst Heute Award, Munich, Germany

2014

Nominated, Heise Kunstpreis, Dessau, Germany

2011

Graduate-Works Prize, Nagoya City University

2006

Prize, Nagoya City Convention Photography Contest, Nagoya

PUBLICATIONS

2016

International Kunst Heute, Munich, Germany

2015

International Contemporary Artist vol. X, I.C.A., New York